Zane

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Zane
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Theme:

Ninjago
LEGO Games

Variations:

Normal, DX, Microfigure, ZX , Kendo, NRG

Accessories:

Katana (Silver Sword and Ninjago Sword), The Spear, Shurikens of Ice, Staff

Years:

2011-2012

Parts
[List of appearances]
Feel the chill of the ice dragon and run... Before it's too late.
―LEGO Club Magazine November/December 2011

Zane Julien is a white Ninja of Ice minifigure from the Ninjago theme.He is a robot (or a "Nindroid" as Jay dubbed him), built to protect those who can't protect themselves.

Description

Zane appears in six physical variations; as a normal ninja, as a DX (Dragon Xtreme) Ninja, as a Microfigure, a ZX (Zen Xtreme) ninja, a Kendo ninja and a NRG (Energy) ninja. Zane is not a human, but a nindroid (robot), built by his "father".

As a normal ninja, Zane had a torso part similar to the classic ninja wrap first used in the Ninja theme in 1998, in white. Zane's face print (which would normally be covered by the ninja wrap with the exception of his eyes,) is made up of two black eyes with white pupils, a straight line for a mouth, a line below showing a chin, and two eyebrows pointing downwards. His torso is a white ninja robe with black hands and no back-printing. The printing that is on the front reveals light grey clothing under his robes. Also on the torso, is a little golden emblem, which is most likely a symbol of Ice in Ninjago, that also appears on Zane's spinner. Zane's legs in this variation are white with light grey knot pattern printed on the hips and legs.

Zane in the Movie

As a DX ninja, Zane uses the same face and headgear as his first variation, but utilizes a special torso and legs combination. Zane's DX torso features printing on both the front and back; on the front, a golden depiction of the Ice Dragon. On the back, the name Zane and the ice symbol are printed on in gold. On the legs, a different knot tied to his left is printed. Also on the legs, is a continuation of the Ice Dragon design, here the tail is printed.

Zane as a microfigure is basically Zane as a normal ninja in a smaller scale, which can be found in the Ninjago board game.

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Zane appeared as both a normal ninja and a DX ninja, however, his facial expressions were changed to make him seem more friendly. He was also given the same hair as Agent Swipe, (from the Agents theme), when he removed his wrap. Also in the movie, before he became a ninja, he was shown with the same face and hair piece as well as simple black and white clothing. Sometimes when he is shown before becoming a ninja, he wears a black wetsuit, as shown in Lego Battles: Ninjago

In 2012, Zane appears as a ZX ninja. As a ZX ninja, his cowl has a golden design which resembles the top of the ice dragon design. He still wears mostly white, but in ZX form he also wears golden shoulder armour which can hold two katanas in the back. Zane's face is the same as always, but his torso has been updated with the under-robes being white, instead of grey, and having tan embroidering, as well as a printed design of some lightweight armour. On the back is the ice dragon symbol, which is absent from the front. Zane's torso pattern continues onto his legs.

As a Kendo Ninja, also in 2012, he has a new mask with a grill slightly showing his face. He also has the Samurai Warrior's armour on top of his original ninja outfit.

NRG Ninja is when Zane unlocks his full potential. Zane finds hisFalcon (Ninjago), which leads him to a mysterious workshop where he finds the blueprints used to construct the robotic falcon and himself. In the blueprints he finds out that he has a memory switch. When he pushes the switch, he gets all of his memories back. His falcon was also made by Zane's father, Dr. Julian. The falcon had been Zane's pet until Zane's father switched his memory switch off so that Zane could have a better life. Since Zane got all of his memories back, he felt stronger, and was able to unlock his true potential within himsel.

Zane's preferred weapons are the Shurikens of Ice and a golden flail.

Background

In the LEGO Ninjago: The Movie, Zane was shown to be discovered by Sensei Wu while he was testing himself. He was then brought to Sensei Wu's monastery to train in the ways of Spinjitzu. He trained alongside fellow students Jay and Cole. The three later attacked another ninja that they found in the monastery. Sensei Wu broke up the fight and introduced Kai as the fourth ninja. Wu then announced to the four ninjas that the search for The Four Golden Weapons was to begin.

He then gave the ninja's their new kimono's and told them about their elemental powers. Zane became the ninja of Ice. Then the ninja's were sent on a mission to find and collect the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu before Lord Garmadon could.

At the Caves of Despair, the location of the Scythe of Quakes, soon after the scythe was recovered by the ninjas, they were attacked by an army of Skulkins led by Samukai, the King of The Underworld. Jay noticed while battling that the fighting patterns were similar to the patterns in the training course at the monastery and started going through the motions he had learned from Sensei Wu, and he summoned a tornado of energy corresponding with his element. In other words: he performed Spinjitzu. Zane and the others followed and were also able to perform Spinjitzu. Samukai and his legion retreated, as a dragon protecting the Scythe appeared behind the ninja. In desperation, Kai used the scythe, despite Wu's instruction not to use the weapon's power, as no mortal could handle it. A rift appeared in the cave ceiling, and the ninja manage to escape.

As the ninja headed to the Shurikens of Ice, Wu taught them the most powerful move in Spinjitzu: the Tornado of Creation. The boat arrived, at their destination, and crashed into the island of ice, where the ninjas entered the frozen plains. The three escaped another dragon, the 2260 Ice Dragon Attack, as Zane was frozen upon contact with the weapons, and the others used him as a snowboard, with the Shurikens of Ice now being in their possession.

Next, At the Floating Ruins, they climbed a giant chain to the Nunchucks of Lightning. Once they retrieved the Nunchucks, they jumped down from the Floating Ruins to escape the Lightning Dragon, using inventions that Jay had constructed (jet packs with spawn wings) to lower themselves safely to the ground. The ninjas were at such a high altitude that they were able to fly to all the way to the Forest of Tranquility, the location of the Sword of Fire.

The group went to sleep in the forest. Kai left while the others were asleep because he had been tricked by Garmadon that his kidnapped sister, Nya, is in the forest. Sensei Wu later left to follow Kai, while Zane, Jay, and Cole were still asleep at their camp. Samukai and the army of Skulkins then arrived, stole three of the golden weapons, and tied the remaining members of the group to a tree. Jay grabbed General Nuckal's sword and cut the rope while the Skulkins were not looking. The three ninjas tried to chase the Skulkins as they escaped with the golden weapons in their vehicles, but the Skulkins escaped to the Underworld. After the Skulkins got away, the ninja's went to the Fire Temple seeking help from Kai, but Zane sensed that the Sword of Fire wasn't there any more. Then the Fire Temple opened to reveal Kai and his sister, Nya, on the Fire Dragon. Zane then learned of the sacrifice that Sensei Wu had made to protect the Sword of Fire.

The ninjas quickly retrieved their elemental dragons and traveled to the Underworld. While in the Underworld, Zane battled the Skulkins and giant spiders. He witnessed Samukai defeat Sensei Wu in battle and take the Sword of Fire from him. Samukai was then seemingly destroyed by the power of the Four Weapons of Spinjitzu all at once, but the combined power of the weapons opened a vortex through space and time which allowed Lord Garmadon, Wu's evil brother, to escape from the underworld. Zane then traveled to Kai and Nya's village where he and the other ninjas were welcomed as heroes, allowed to rest until Lord Garmadon returns.

In the Spinjitzu Smash online game, Zane appeared in only his respective campaign. In Zane's campaign, he and Jay embarked on a quest to retrieve the Shurikens of Ice.

Also, in the game Smash Creations, Zane says that he fights for bacon before charging with his fellow ninja to save Nya, implying that he may have a small sense of humor.

In LEGO Ninjago: Rise of the Snakes, the four ninjas rush to Jamonakai Village to investigate the reports of Lord Garmadon's return. Instead they find Lord Garmadon's son, Lloyd Garmadon, threatening to unleash the mystical Serpentine if he doesn't get all of the candy in town. As the ninja's were leaving they found a scroll in one of the bags on the Fire Dragon, telling that one ninja would rise above the others and become the Green Ninja.

   The ninja's decided when they got back to the monastery to hold a competition to determine who would become the Green Ninja. Jay was eliminated first, then Zane, and as Kai and Cole were competing the Sword of Fire started a fire in the monastery. Sensei Wu told the ninja's that they were nowhere near the level it took to become the Green Ninja, and that they needed to unlock their golden weapons and find their true potential. 

In the second episode of Rise of the Snakes, Zane is found to be an orphan when the other ninja get mail, the episode also shows that he does have a sense of humor, but sometimes at the wrong things so the others come to think he is weird. Later, when he cooks food for the ninjas, and comes out wearing a pink apron, the others laugh at him because he "took steps to ensure that he was clean." This spawned a food fight, making Zane feel bad. After getting embarrassed at dinner, he goes outside and sees a falcon try to talk to him. He followed the falcon to find where Lloyd Garmadon had begun to build his tree-house fortress. The next day, he brought the other ninjas to the tree-house fortress, telling them he found the tree-house fortress by "following a bird". The ninja then attacked and a battle broke out. During the battle, Cole, who had been previously hypnotized, was pitched against the ninjas as a distraction. Zane was the one who suggested Jay try to shock him with lightning. After Sensei Wu cancelled out the Hypnobrai's powers on Cole, the ninjas returned to see their monastry in flames. When Zane suggested this was a teaching moment, the other ninjas turned on him. When they tried to apologize, he had already flown off on his dragon. The other ninja,Sensei Wu and Nya were stranded without a home, when he returned and said that he hadn't left because of them, he had simply seen the falcon again and he showed them the ship Destiny's Bounty and it became the ninjas new home. Kai, Cole,Jay and Nya then race into the ship at the smell of pie. Sensei Wu and Zane stayed behind for a moment to talk, Sensei said "there's something special about you Zane" and Zane asked if he would become the green ninja, but Sensei Wu told him it was too early to tell.

In the episode "Tick Tock", he once again saw the Falcon (Ninjago), and trekked through all of Ninjago to find him. After he reached a snowy woods, the falcon sparked, and he discovered it was a robot. Soon after, he defeated a robot, and found his house. There, he found the plans for himself, and he realized he was a robot, or Nindroid, as Jay referred. When the ninjas found him, he opened up his chest, revealing the switches. After turning on and off his funny switch, and sang the song the Singing Frog sang (only the first four lines). He flipped the memory switch on after the others left. He than remembered everything, and rushed outside to see the ninjas losing to the Treehorns. He also is the first ninja to unlock his true potential and become his NRG form.

LEGO.com Description

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Zane DX

Ninja of Ice
Weapon of choice: Shuriken
Elemental color: White
Strength: Stealth

Zane was cool, but now he's even cooler. He tamed the chilling Ice Dragon, unlocked the power of Spinjitzu, and even found a slick, Spinjitzu Dragon Suit.

Now Zane and his dragon are ready and will crush the Skullkins like an avalanche. He knows the Skullkins will fall to his ice attack, because he's seen the future…and he know he's already won.


Gallery of Variants

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Notes

  • Zane was the first ninja to reach his full potential.
  • Zane was found by the villagers of his village with no memory of who he was or where he came from.
  • According to Ninjago: Rise of the Snakes, his dragon's name is "Shard".
  • In the Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (TV series) episode "Tick Tock", Zane not only unlocks his true potential, but also figures out that he is, in fact, an android (referred to as a "Nindroid" by Jay) and that the reason he has no sense of humor or any memory of his creator is that both his humor switch and his memory switch had been turned off by his creator before he passed away.
  • He is also occasionally known as "Frosty" by Cole.
  • Zane's father is an Inventor.
  • In the credits of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (TV series) episode "Tick Tock", at the end they showed that Zane's last name is "Julien".
  • He is the only ninja with his own music in Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (TV series).
  • In episode 8, he seems to have taken the falcon in as a pet, and oddly enough, is less of an outcast with the rest of the team.
  • In the March-April issue of Lego Magazine Zane is mistaken as Cole in his Kendo armor.
  • In ZX form his undershirt is similar to the green ninja's.

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From LEGO Battles: Ninjago

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Ninja team: Cole | Jay | Kai | Lloyd Garmadon | Nya | Sensei Garmadon | Wu | Zane
Skulkin: Samukai | Kruncha | Nuckal | Wyplash | Krazi | Frakjaw | Bonezai | Chopov
Serpentine: Anacondrai: Arcturus | Pythor P. Chumsworth
Hypnobrai: Skales | Slithraa | Mezmo | Rattla | Skales Jr. | Selma |
Fangpyre: Fangtom | Fangdam | Fang-Suei | Snappa
Constrictai: Skalidor | Bytar | Chokun | Snike
Venomari: Acidicus | Lizaru | Spitta | Lasha
Other: Snake villain | The Great Devourer
Stone Army: The Overlord | General Kozu | Stone Swordsman | Stone Warrior | Stone Scout | Giant Stone Warrior
Nindroid army: OverBorg | General Cryptor | Min-Droid | Nindroid Drone | Nindroid Warrior
Chen's henchmen: Chen | Clouse | Zugu | Eyezor | Chope | Krait | Kapau | Sleven
Ghost Ninja: Attila | Bansha | Cowler | Cyrus | Evil Green Ninja | Ghoultar | Ghurka | Hackler | Howla | Ming | Morro | Pitch | Pyrrhus | Soul Archer | Spyder | Skreemer | Wail | Wooo | Wrayth | Yokai | The Preeminent
Sky Pirates: Bucko | Clancee | Cyren | Dogshank | Doubloon | Flintlocke | Monkey Wretch | Nadakhan | Sqiffy
Vermillion: Krux | Acronix | General Machia | Commander Raggmunk | Commander Blunck | Rivett | Slackjaw | Tannin | Vermin
Sons of Garmadon: Harumi | Mr. E | Ultra Violet | Killow | Luke Cunningham | Chopper Maroon | Nails | Skip Vicious
Dragon Hunters: Iron Baron | Heavy Metal | Jet Jack | Daddy No Legs | Muzzle | Arkade | Chew Toy | Skullbreaker
Ninja allies: Cyrus Borg | Dr. Julien | Dareth | Echo Zane | Ed Walker | Edna Walker | Lou | Misako | Nelson | Ninja Robot | P.I.X.A.L. | Sensei Wu's dog | Falcon | Ronin | Tai-D | Hutchins | Mysterious baby
Elemental Masters: Ash | Bolobo | Chamille | Gravis | Griffin Turner | Invizable | Jacob | Karlof | Maya | Neuro | Ray | Shade | Skylor | Toxikita
Creatures: Golden Dragon | Grundal | Leviathan | Mud Monster | Starteeth | Treehorn | Treehorn Queen | Nimbus
Other: Captain Soto | Captain Soto's Crew | First Mate | Carridi | Nobu | Karate Kid | Kirchonn The Invincible | Cardinsto | Barracudox | Time Ninja | Gahrann the Dreamer | Cragling | Bank Owner | Brad Tudabone | Gene | Fenwick | Claire | Postman | Jesper | Gorgon | Rogue | Sensei Yang | Chris | Martin | Emperor of Ninjago | Empress of Ninjago | List of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Characters
Note: indicates a character that only appears in media besides the sets
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